Investment work becomes reusable when the thesis, decision, evidence standard, and uncertainty are explicit. Strawberry can help source companies, assemble diligence, prepare calls, and keep a living investment record without hiding the evidence behind a score.
Begin with one bounded artifact rather than an open-ended request to research everything. Learn the firm’s style through a few questions, relevant connected apps, or both, then connect workflows only after the team agrees on what makes the result reviewable.
Start with the decision
Clarify whether the work supports sourcing, an investment decision, an acquisition, a market thesis, or a company meeting. The evidence and useful output change with that decision.
When useful and approved, existing thesis documents, CRM records, pass reasons, prior memos, email, and call notes can reveal the firm’s real criteria and writing style. They are inputs, not prerequisites.
Build a structured investment memo on any company
Use this when the output is a sourced, reviewable investment memo.
Help me build an investment memo. Ask me which company to focus on and the investment context. Then research their product, team, business model, market size, competitors, and recent news. You might want to look for any prior coverage or analyst commentary to add depth. Format the output as a clean investment memo I can share or build on.
Map the startup ecosystem in a specific market
Use this when the decision depends on understanding companies, investors, and relationships in a market.
Help me map a startup ecosystem. Ask me which market or geography to cover. Then research active startups, key investors, accelerators, and notable players. You might want to flag any names or connections that overlap with what you know about my network or industry.
Source companies against the actual thesis
Translate the thesis into practical signals such as stage, geography, check size, sector, business model, team, traction, or a specific change in the market. Start with a varied sample so the investor can correct the interpretation before expanding.
Search across relevant company, investor, hiring, funding, product, and founder signals. Dedupe against the CRM or existing portfolio when available, show why each company fits, and keep the source evidence visible.
Build a memo that can absorb new evidence
Use the firm’s accepted underwriting questions and memo style when available. Combine company materials, market evidence, conversations, and diligence while preserving conflicting evidence, quotes, sources, and unresolved questions.
A strong memo is a living decision record, not a one-time summary. Update it as new calls, documents, and evidence arrive rather than rebuilding the thesis from scratch.
Make the evidence reviewable
Keep source links beside claims, separate confirmed facts from interpretation, and surface evidence that weakens the thesis. Review the structure before expanding the research.
For diligence, define the claims to test, the acceptable source types, the risk categories, and who owns unresolved questions. For calls, prepare from current relationship and company context, then preserve decisions and follow-up from what was actually said.
Do due diligence on a vendor or supplier
Use this for a bounded diligence brief with risks and unresolved questions.
Help me do due diligence on a vendor I am considering. Ask me which company and what the relationship would involve. Then research their reputation, client reviews, press coverage, and any concerning signals. Give me a clear summary with anything I should ask before signing.
Prepare for Calls
Prepare a concise, evidence-backed brief for an important company call.
Transcribe Meetings and Follow Up
Preserve decisions, evidence, and next steps after the conversation.
Preserve the firm’s accepted process
Once the team accepts the sourcing criteria, memo structure, evidence standard, and review behavior, preserve those choices as firm-specific skills. The official workflows remain starting points rather than a substitute for the firm’s judgment.
Create monitoring or recurring routines only after a reviewed run has established the scope, meaningful-change rules, destination, and ownership.